The contribution of smoking to socioeconomic differentials in mortality: Results from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study, Australia

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1077-1079

  Siahpush, Mohammad ^a   English, Dallas ^a   Powles, John ^b  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MORTALITY; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33845273333     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2005.042572     Document Type: Article

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